Reserve-fuel valve



Sept. 15, 1925.

` C. LOMBARDO 1,553,698

RESERVE FUEL VALVE Filed June 5, 1925 f K 15 i f@ l y A- n//d a f /J ja I f IM/venlo@ ('//fJ'Za/War'o Patented Sept. 15, 1925.

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RESERVE-FUEL VALVE.

Application filed June 5, 192,5. Serial No. 35,187.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it'known thatI, QHAnLns LOMBARDO,

a citizen of .the United States, @Siding at' IVaterford, in the county yof Camden, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ReserveFuel Valves; and I do herebydeclare the follow@ ingto be a full, clear, and Vexact description ot the inventionsuch as will enable others srilled inthe art to which it appertainsto make and use the same. i

This invention relatesto. new and .useful improvements in attachments for autonre bile gasolin-e tanks, and particularly to attachments which retain a. reserve Supply 0f gasoline in thel tank.

One object of the invention is to improve the construction of devices of this character wherein the operating means is conveniently located, and which mechanism is arranged to be locked against accidental displacement.

Another object is to provide an operating mechanism, which is associated with the valve in such a manner that the valve may be quickly and easily held in any of its different operative positions.

A further object is to provide an operating device of this character which is simple and easy in its construction and operation, and which can be manufactured at a comparatively low cost.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when tak-en in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional detail view through a portion of a gasoline tank showing the invention mounted therein.

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view through the invention.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents a portion of a gasoline tank, such as is ordinarily used in connection with automobiles, and having the drain or sedimentr chamber 11 screwed into the bottom thereof, the threaded nipple 12, on the upper end of said chamber being interiorly threaded to receive the lower end of the vertical tube 13, which is disposed in the tank. In the lower portion of the tube 13, immediately above the nipple 12, is an opening 14, and at a suitable distance above this opening is a second opening 15, the latter of which serves as an outlet for the regular supply of gasoline to flow out of the tank,

while the former serves .t0 permit the @Scare of. the. reserve. supply held in the tank, 'above said opening 14, when this opening lis in Closed. position. i

Snugly fitted in the tube 13 is a second tube 16, said tube. having the .openings 17 and 18. in thesde of its. lower @11d arranged' 111 auch manner that when the formel regis:

ters .with` the upper opening 15 the other is Out of register .with ,the lover ripening '14 f @ad viewers-1, ivthth@ result that upon tatiiilgtlre ,tube 1'6,"within vtheftub'e 13, in' one direction, the normal supply ofgasoline will flo/w 'out .through the 'registered openings 17 and 15, i'otating 'the tubel YfurlV the'igthe openings l13 'and 14 willregister to permit the reserve supply of gasoline to es cape. The lower end of the inner tube 16 extends a short distance below the tube 13, and disposed through this end of the tube 16y is a pin 19, which holds the tube against upward movement.v f

Disposed transversely through the upper portion of the inne-r tube 16 is a pin 20.. and resting on this pin is a lead washer 21, which serves to prevent leakage of gasoline upwardly through the tubes, and also as a seat for the lower end of the coil spring 22, which is disposed in the tube. On the upper end ofthe spring 22 is a metal plug 23, and engaged on the upper end of the plug is the inner cam portion 24.-, of a lever 25, which is pivotally mounted on a transverse pin 26, disposed through the upper end of the tube 16, above the upper end of the tube 13.

A suitable packing 2 7 is disposed around the upper end of the tube 13, at the point where said tube extends through the upper wall of the tank, and engaged on thel upper end of the tube 13 is a disk 28, which is held against relative rotation with respect to the tube. The portion of the tube 13, above the disk, is formed with a series of vertical notches 29, within anyone of which the lever 25 isfadapted to be seated whereby to hold the tube 16 against accidental rotation. A nut 30 is engaged on the upper end of the tube 13, and bears on the disk 28 to hold the same on the upper face of the tank. On the disk are graduations which register with the notches 29, so that the operator may seat the lever in accordance with the position of the valve and the condition or level of the gasoline in the tank.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination with a fluid tank havouter tube to hold the inner tube in differentoper-ative positions, and Vmeans within the inner tube for holding the operating means inband out of engagement withsaidV outer tu e.

2. The combination with a fluid tank and the vertical outlet tube extending through the top wall of the tank and having vertically spaced outlet openings in its lower portion, of a rotatable tube in the rst tube and having openings for registration with the iirst openings, a lever pivotal-ly supported in the upper end of the inner tube, the upper end of the outer tube having notches for receivingl saidlever, and means in the inner disposed in the first tube, a cam lever pivi otally mounted in the upper end of the second tube and arranged to engage in the said notches, a dial surrounding the upper end of the first tube and having indications opposite the notches, a cam lever pivotally supported in the upper end of the second tube and arranged to enter said notches, a spring seat supported in the second tube, a member disposed beneath the cam portion of the lever, and a spring in the tube between the seat and member.

In testimony whereof, I aiix my signature.

CHARLES LOMBARDO. 

